Announcement: Linguistics in the Pub 23rd April 2013<div><br></div><div>Topic: Things you can do with outputs from language documentation projects - part 2<div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>
<br>In the March LIP discussion we only got through the first of the two topics planned so we will discuss the second topic in April. In March we looked at how language documentation project outputs can be used to make publications for speakers, their descendants and the general public. So in April, we'll be talking about the second topic; how language documentation project outputs are being exploited as a resource for research. The relevant part of the March LIP announcement is repeated below. <br>
<br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Language documentation projects make recordings and annotate them to produce a set of materials on an endangered language. The aim of these projects is often simply to produce a good record of the language and then archive it. But once a well put together set of materials has been made, it can be used in a range of ways. Understanding how these collections are used can help us think about how best to design them.<br>
<br> Language documentation materials can be a source of data for linguists and other researchers. For example, quantitative methods that require corpora are now being applied not only to large corpora of major world languages but also smaller corpora of languages that are often endangered. Language documentation materials often have enough data to answer a range of research questions. The kinds of questions that can be asked also depend on way the corpus is annotated. In addition, this kind of research can be cross-linguistic, combining data from a number of corpora.<br>
<br>See for example contributions to: <a href="http://www.nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/sp03/" target="_blank">Potentials of Language Documentation: Methods, Analyses, and Utilization</a>. Language Documentation & Conservation Special Publication No. 3, Edited by Frank Seifart, Geoffrey Haig, Nikolaus P. Himmelmann, Dagmar Jung, Anna Margetts, and Paul Trilsbeek, 2012<br>
<br>See also the description of the conference<a href="http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/lili/tagung/ISSLaC/" target="_blank"> Information Structure in Spoken Language Corpora</a> to be held in Bielefeld, June 2013, which focuses on small corpora.<br>
<br>Please bring along other examples of things you can do with language documentation materials.<br><br>Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm<br>Venue: Upstairs room, Prince Alfred Hotel,<br><br>191 Grattan St, Carlton<br>(corner of Bouverie St)<br>
ph (03) 9347-3033<br><br>NOTE CHANGE OF VENUE ; back to usual venue after a stint at Naughtons late last year<br><br>Food and drinks available at the venue<br><br>Contact Ruth Singer if you have any questions <a href="mailto:rsinger@unimelb.edu.au" target="_blank">rsinger@unimelb.edu.au</a><br>
<br>LIP is an occasional gathering of language activists and linguists in<br>Melbourne. All are welcome. Those in other parts of Australia and the<br>world who can't make it to the Melbourne LIPs are encouraged to<br>
organise a local gathering to discuss this topic and support language<br>activities in your area.<br><br></div></div></div></div>-- <br>Ruth Singer<br>ARC Research Fellow<br>Linguistics Program<br>School of Languages and Linguistics<br>
Faculty of Arts<br>University of Melbourne 3010<br>Tel. +61 3 90353774<br><a href="http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/ruth-singer" target="_blank">http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/academic-staff/ruth-singer</a><br clear="all">
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